What is ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global?
- The world's largest (ever-expanding) global collection of PhD theses and Masters dissertations;
- An important and valuable tool for Higher Education institutions and the researchers in all research areas;
- Wide coverage and extensive bibliographies that show sources and ideas that would otherwise be lost.
Updated content coverage on PQDT
- Over 5 million entries: from 1637 to date;
- Over 2.7 million full-text papers from 1743 to date;
- Over 200,000 papers added each year;
- Official repository for US Library of Congress dissertations and theses;
- Includes papers by authors from more than 4,200 universities and other higher education institutions across several countries;
- Accessible to over 4 million researchers from 3,100 registered institutions worldwide.
Reasons to search for dissertations/theses
- Present new trends and ideas;
- Provide recommendations for further research;
- Offer examples of writing style and format;
- Provide large amounts of research data;
- Dissertations include up-to-date literature reviews with extensive bibliographies;
- Often provide the only research and literature on unusual topics;
- Provide more coverage than articles in journals - 225 pages versus 10-12 for journal articles.
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